My parents came to visit me in New Orleans a week before my dad had knee surgery. My mother mentioned he was limping a lot & I asked him about a cane, but he pulled the macho-guy card & said he didn't need one. For the price, I thought this might be a nice back up, so I bought it, figuring that since my dad is an avid gun collector the "pistol grip handle" might be a good selling feature for him and that the foldable feature might be good for my mother or I to be able to put it in a purse for "just in case." I am SO grateful I bought this! My dad loved it, it was very convenient and attractive, and VERY well used. He brought it back home with him & I'm told he uses it regularly (and hides it in a pocket of his cargo shorts or in my mom's purse when he's not using it)
For reference: My dad is 6'2, he used it on the second-to-longest setting.